Vale Hotel, Maple and Carline's room
Maple unlocked the door with her key, and she and Carline walked in and turned on the lights before shutting the door.
"Hey, I'm going to take a shower real quick."
"Ok." Maple said as she headed for her bed and sat on top of the bed. A few minutes went by, and Carline was picking out her clothes so she could take a bath, it was taking longer than expected, but then Maple noticed her scroll in her hand as she was texting someone. Maple tilted her head once she saw her teammate put the device down, and continued to search through her bag for clothes.
"Hey, Carline? Are you ok?" Maple sudden question, caused Carline to turn back and adopt a curious look at her leader.
"What do you mean?" Carline asked, turning her attention entirely on her leader.
Maple let out a sight before she spoke. "I mean. How are you taking the death? You've been abnormal since then. Do you want to talk about it?"
"I'm fine really," Carline said as she attempted to put on a smile. Maple only got up from her seat and glared at her comrade.
"Carline, I know when something up with you. We haven't spent more than six months together for nothing. So you can tell me. Please?"
Carline looked down for a little while thinking about what her leader had said. Carline nodded after a few seconds as she walked up and hugged her, tears that she had held onto now streaming down her face.
"My brother was a great man. He never bothered anyone. He helped all who needed it. Why would someone kill him? It makes no sense!" Carline said as Maple patted her hair as she listens to the girls coping. "I didn't even know he was here in Vale! Why didn't he come and visit? Was I not that important enough to come and see?"
"It could've been a last minute thing." Maple suggested.
"No call, though Maple!" Carline busted out, but Maple didn't waver or jump as she let go of Carline and held her shoulder.
"Carline, you can't blame him. He must have had a lot more other stuff on his mind, like stopping what in the hell happened back at that rouge base." Maple paused a bit before she continued. "But, you can't blame him when he had a job to do, and he was focused on this said job." Carline held her head down as she seemed to be thinking of the words of her leader, then Carline let out a sigh as she wiped the tears from her eyes and sat down again.
"I know Mape; I know.I'm just pissed right now... They took my brother away from me, though." Carline said as she put her elbow on her lap and covered her face with her hands and rubbed them down.
"You can direct that anger towards our mission, try harder, and whenever we get in a fight. Break the enemy's backs." Maple said as she smiled towards the now smiling Carline.
"Yeah, thank you." Carline got up and hugged her leader for the second time until Maple broke it off and went to her bed.
"Hey, anything for my sister, now I'm headed for the bath, you can go when I'm out." Maple grabbed her sleeping wear and headed for the bathroom. Carline let out another sigh as she quietly said to herself.
"I'm sorry, Shaun... But you are my enemy, so I have to break your back." Carline smile was full when she said that, but then her mind begins to think of all the times Shaun had helped her with some of their secret missions together, and how they each had respect for one another's life and protected and treated each other like family. When she was away from her family and first tried to make friends with her team, Shaun, though cold and blunt in the beginning, eventually warmed up to her though slowly. And for that, she thought only for a split second to abord the mission she was on.
As much as she cared for Shaun, that thought only lasts for a second. It didn't take long for her to abandon the idea of leaving the mission immediately; the reason being is that she and her family had promised one thing since the death of her father. Was to end this futile war anyway they could. An Assassin killed her father, and the Templars hunted her mother for a while until Shaun came along. If she could give the Templars what they wanted, then maybe her family would be safe. Carline needs to do this fast too if Carline wants her mother to live. Though never in all her time of knowing her team would she expect Shaun to be the person the Templars wanted, let alone be the assassin? Suddenly, Carline saw her scroll beep.
I'm here
Carline hesitantly picked up the scroll. She was having second thoughts about the whole ordeal. She didn't want to lose what felt like a brother to her.
Hello? You're not backing out, are you?
Carline looked at the message and fought off her instinct to not text and texted him back.
Check the rooftops. Shaun's always up there.
He better be.
Vaccuo, the downtown bar
Draymond walked through the doors of a bar and let down his hood as he stepped foot in the door. The bar was low on people and faunas, due to it being in the middle of the night. But Draymond didn't come here to drink, nor did he come here to count the number of people at the bar. Activating his eagle vision, he scanned the area, as he studied the room, his eyes laid upon a man sitting in the bar and the cross on the side of him was unmistakable. Draymond began to walk over towards him, his eyes focusing on him as he side-step past a couple who was walking out of the bar. As soon as they left, he knew eyes were on him. Once he made it over there, he took a seat right next to the man and asked for a drink, and received one.
"So? What do you want? Assassin?" The man asked with hostility in his voice as he gripped his drink harder.
"And what makes you think I'm one of them?" Draymond asked in a cold calm voice as he took another sip of his alcohol.
"You reek of their sent!" The man said as he turned and looked at Draymond. Draymond took another gulp of his drink and set it down.
"You reek of alcohol, but your, not a drunk now, are you?"
"What are you trying to get at?
"I need men. We have to stop the assassin's head before he makes any more stupid plans that could destroy this world."
"So the assassins caused that monstrosity? What does this mean? Are you joining the Templars? Hahaha! How do we know that you're just going to spy on us?"
"Who else would? I'm on no one's side. But if the Templars truly want peace and no chaos, the assassins are corrupted and need to be stopped. Especially my father."
"Your father? Who are you?"
"Does it matter? Do you want to destroy the assassin's or not?"
"What else do you need?"
"As I said, men, gather the Templars and ready them for mistrial in two months, we attack two days into the vytal festival."
"Two months? What will you be doing in two months?"
"Crippling them."
With that, Draymond got up and threw out his lein and began to walk out of the bar, the four people including the bartender looked on as Draymond walked out the bar and turned left, the way he came.
"Who was he? and how does he know of us?" the female lamb faunas asked.
"He has to be someone who defected, or know something of us."
"Whoever he is, he's dangerous. Lala get the grandmaster on the line, we have plans to make."
Vaccuo Assassins Hideout
Lina held her broken arm as she limped into the hideout, along with her are other assassins, who are curious as to who had hurt one of their best.
"Lina? What happened?!" the headmaster of Vaccuo asked, getting up from her chair.
"Someone in red and black attacked me. I don't know who but whoever he is a dangerous opponent. We must be on the lookout for him."
"What does he look like?"
"... Wait. Wait don't tell me your planning on hunting this man down?!"
"If he's a threat to the Brotherhood, then he must be stopped."
"Who's to say he meant to attack an assassin? Maybe he thought I was someone else!"
"Doesn't matter, he harmed you, and therefore he has attacked the brotherhood, making him an enemy."
"It should! Assassin's don't kill people for no reason! That's what the other scums who call themselves assassins! We live by the creed for freedom and peace, and what your suggesting doesn't bring peace, it brings more chaos!"
"You're defending a person who had hurt you..." one assassin piped up.
With that statement, though, Lina had her mouth open to retaliate but didn't find anything to say. So she stood there mouth agape for a few seconds before she closed it.
"So... How are we going to find this person?" Lina asked, looking at the headmaster.
"We'll search across Vaccuo. They couldn't have gotten too far away."
"But ma'am, what about the search for the artifacts?"
"Keep looking for them we won't abandon the search for the artifacts even with our new inlighten enemy." The headmaster said as she looked over back to Lina. "Would you care to tell us what this man looked like?"
Vale, near the hotels
Shaun reached into his pants and pulled out his scroll, which was vibrating, seeing that Ozpin was calling him.
"Yeah"
"Hakeem, I trust you and your team found out what had happened?"
"Yeah, it was an attack by both the Templars and White Fang."
"Is that so? Your father has just called me and wanted me to tell you to find this name and take them out before they can cause real damage to Remnant. I'm sending the name of the person you have to take care of before you return tomorrow."
Just as Ozpin says that Shaun received a notification that Ozpin sent him the name. With the title, there was a picture of a female with her name, age, and a photo. Studying the picture and age, Shaun clicked back on the phone with Ozpin.
"He also said this "This would test whether or not you are truly ready to do anything for the creed." This mission is your final test before you return to Mistral. Good luck"
"Wait, what about the other assassins?"
"The mission is still a go; this is just your mission."
"Ok, anything else?"
"Yes, be careful with your targets; not everything is as he makes it seems."
"What's that supposed to mean? You're calling him a liar?"
"No, just be careful." With that, Ozpin hung up the scroll, which in turn made Shaun do the same. Shaun sighed out as he equipped his bow and arrows, with his flintlocks into their respective holsters. Letting out a sigh Shaun put on his hood and descended into darkness.
Vaccuo
Draymond jumped off of a rooftop and rolled to his feet as he landed onto another. In front of him was the hideout of the Vaccuo assassin's brotherhood, he couldn't believe what he was about to do, killing his former friends and brothers? Never in a million years had he thought this is what he'll become, a rogue with a purpose. But someone has to be the middle child of this war, for his daughter to live in a safer world without having a target on her back because she's an assassin. She already has the Grimm to worry about; one less enemy would make her suffer less.
Draymond sat for a moment as he thought about his child. What would she think of him if and when she finds out her father had become a rogue? Has Lina told them who he was? What will they do to his daughter once they found out who attack Lina? All these questions and yet no answer, he had to set the balance right. The assassins have strayed from their former path and seemed to be taking it even further downward, and the reason is precisely what Draymond expected.
A few minutes earlier, downtown Vaccuo
Draymond walked through the streets and kept a lookout for any sign of movement and trouble that might come his way. As he walked, he smelled the scent of smoke, which wasn't uncommon due to the terrain. With the smell of smoke hitting his nose, Draymond tensed up as he walked, the smell got stronger, and with the scent came voices. The voices Draymond knew way too well, and he knew he had to be careful with showing himself. Quickly he speed-walked near the corner of an ally-way and listen in on the assassins.
"A man in black robes has injured one of our own, and we are looking for him. Have you seen anyone with black on?" An assassin asks. Only for another voice, one with furry and hatred.
"No! I haven't, and I've been sleeping in my room! It's late, and you want to burn people houses because of one man?!"
Are they burning houses? Just for me? That's not how assassins do their work... At least they shouldn't.
"We're sorry, we'll clean up your house as soon as possible." Another assassin said as the sound of their footsteps began to walk away. With the sound of their footsteps fading, Draymond looked up towards the building he was hiding behind and scanned it to see where he was going to climb. Nodding his head, he saw how and began to scale the side of the building and reached the top. As he reached the top through the fire, a child's snoring could be heard.
A child?! Did they not thank about searching the whole house?! Why would they burned down a home in the first place?!
Draymond activated his aura and looked down into the building to see an open area that he could jump through and get to the sleeping child. Letting out a deep breath, Draymond took some steps back and ran into the fire jumping into the building. Landing in he immediately covered his mouth and nose as the smell of smoke hit his nose while the heat of the fire was intense to the skin. Looking around, he used the sound of the child snoring to his advantage, and thanks to his years of climbing and maneuvering around harsh environments, he managed to reach the child in seconds. The child now awoke, saw the hooded man and was visibly scarred backing up into his headboard. The fire was more intense now, so Draymond didn't have time to sway the child into trusting him. Quickly swiping the kid up Draymond used his aura to cover the child, after that he rushed out the burning building, the sides started to fall as the fire got worse, the walls were melted, and the door was burning down as Draymond rushed through the fire. Lowering his shoulder and twisting his body, so the child was safe as he bulls rushed the door and rolled out the door as the child fell out his arms and rolled next to the women. Coming to a stop the fire got worse and began to spread, getting up from where he was, Draymond heard sirens and the sound of engines coming their way, he got up and quickly vanished into the night.
"Wait! Thank you for saving my child!" The women said as the firetruck came to a halt and quickly started to spray the house with water.
Draymond walked across the rooftop shaking his head in disbelief at what he had just seen, Assassins burning down houses to achieve their goals, he knew the assassins were low, but this low? He had to stop their madness before it spreads out of control.
"Hey! You there in black! What are you doing up here?" A voice that Draymond recognized from the burning home come from behind him. Not saying anything, Draymond turned his head to the left as his body still faced forward. The men started to walk over to him, and each step Draymond prepared himself for a fight.
"Hey! Didn't you." With that sudden pause, Draymond turned himself around to face the two assassins but keep his head low so they couldn't see his facial features. The two pulled out there weapons and started to talk to each other.
"That's him, the man in black robes."
"Yeah, I can see that."
The two men tensed up as they raised their weapons and took a step back as they looked at the man in black.
"So, You know who I am? Answer me this who is it that told you to burn down the house of that lady's?" Draymond altered his voice to make it deeper.
"We don't have to answer to you!"
"Oh, but by the end, you will."
Just as he says that the sound of buildings falling from afar was heard, and the sound of screaming. As that was happening, the assassins charged Draymond with insane speeds to huntsmans, but not to another trained assassin. Both had double edge swords and struck at the same time aiming for Draymond's head and chest. Draymond easily dodged ad sidestep both attacks while he Quickly activated his hidden blades and cocked his head to the side avoiding another strike for his head and side step the other killer's blade. After that, he parried another attack with his gauntlet and did and front kicked him away while the other one slice horizontally at Draymond's torso but Draymond ducked under it quickly spinning around slicing away his legs and feet causing him to fall on his knees. Not giving him a break he quickly stabbed his neck, causing him to reach for it as the blood started to pour out his neck, all done in one swift motion. One down one more to go, Draymond deactivated his hidden blades and got into a hand to hand combat position.
"Mill! You bastard!" The other assassin rushed forward filled with rage. His strikes became less accurate as he blindly swung his weapon at Draymond, who ducked and weaved the attacks. The assassin fury blinded him but also made him faster as the strikes were narrowly missed due to Draymond's reacting in enough time to dodge his attacks, Draymond quickly countered an attack he made for his chest following it up with an uppercut and a hook stunning the killer then Draymond activated his blades and stabbed him in the chest and stomach killing him.
Confession zone.
"Rest now; You can't fight anymore."
"... Who are you?"
"That's not important now tell me why the assassins are out of order!"
"You don't know? Everyone who's heard of the war knows why..." The assassins say through shallow breathing.
"So why do they continue on this path?"
"Because they all are corrupted, Especially Isaiah, the main guy who calls the shoots." The assassin coughs up blood as his breathing get's shallower. "No one's scared of him, no, they agree with every decision he makes, even those that shouldn't have been made because we are twisted fucks, who lost our ways long ago. Isaiah just made it more clear to those who aren't blinded by 'the creed'" With that the assassin took his final breath and died. Draymond sat there for a moment, a little shook from killing not one but two of his former friends.
So, father, your the reason. I was hoping it not to be true... But, the evidence is clear.
Present times, Vaccuo, assassins hideout.
Draymond jabbed his wrist into the neck of the unsuspecting killer. Draymond had made his way into the hideout unseen and undetected. Deactivating his hidden blade, Draymond silently made his way through the halls with little to no assassin to come by.
Weird, no assassins? Something is off.
Draymond stopped for a second as he started to hear some voices ahead coming closer. He spotted a stairway to his left and quickly scurried over and climbed the stairs. Stopping once he got upwards enough where he won't be seen, but also low enough so he can hear the two killers.
"I want all Assassins hunting this man, and with you out there with them; he'll be easier to spot if you're out there." The voice that Draymond recognized as the headmaster of Vaccuo. Not waiting around to here the rest he turned around and went up to the stairs towards the balcony crouching along the way, his steps quieter than the moon in space, reaching the top, a cabal wire string out across the hideout to hold the two balconies together. Draymond climbed got on the railing and stepped onto the wire, balancing like a tightrope walker on it, lowering his height so he won't be seen.
Below him was his target. His former leader. Former sister of the brotherhood. But that's just what she was, an old comrade, and she needs to be taken care of before he leaves.
"Have you found him, or the artifacts yet?" the headmaster asked while she was on her scroll. A few minutes went by, and she hung up her phone, letting out a sigh as she began to walk towards her sit. The throne, as she called it, it was comfortable, and she could fall asleep in it at times. Now, however, was not one of those times. They needed to kill this new seed at its core before it starts to grow, the seed being the "assassin hunter" as her brotherhood had named this man in black. Each step felt burdensome to her as she marched onwards, it was weird, almost as if someone or thing drugged her.
Draymond waited as he watched the headmaster get into striking distance, stopping right in the x spot. His heart started to race as he activated took in deep and shallow breaths as adrenaline ran through his veins, he jumped down, while in mid-air Draymond curled his legs up and cocked his arm back, revealing the blade that so many templars feared. The only edge of its kind, once used by only assassins, but not anymore. The killers had forgotten the legacy of the hidden blade, which was only used to bring corrupted power hungry people to their knees, and it did for a while. Until the assassins strayed from their righteous path once doing it for peace, they became the very thing they sought to destroy.
The blade struck its target, the sound of her painful moan escaped her lips slowly. Draymond landed on top of her with his hidden sword in the side of her throat, he stared at her for a while and reached with his other hand as he took off his hood. The female Headmaster eyes widen with both surprise yet not surprised in the slightest as the world seemingly collapsed upon them, Draymond got up from her body as this happened.
Confession zone
You did this? Our very own brother?! You betrayed us!
I betrayed you?! No! That's where your wrong!
You can't change the past Draymond.
But I am, as we speak, by killing you and the other corrupted assassins, to ensure that-
Do you think you can kill the creed?! Foolish! We taught you better.
My aim isn't to destroy. It's to shine a light on a brighter future.
And killing me was the first step? What did you have to gain by this?
A promise. May you walk among the gods at your side.
I didn't want it to end like this... But you left me with no choice.
Vaccuo, Assassin Hideout, Reality
Draymond got up from his spot and started to walk out the hideout slowly putting back on his hood; he felt justice with the kill, it felt right compared to killing the Templars for no reason other than the little info he was given about how bad they were. Once, he exited the building; something made him stop and turn around. Fire, and not just any light, one that was caused by an explosion. Draymond looked as the hideout burned and crumble from the explosion and fire that came with it. A heaviness clung to his heart as he watched it fall in front of him.
This marked the beginning of the end for the old creed. And the start of another one. Draymond turned back towards the city of Vaccuo; he knew the assassins would be there at any moment and with great speed, Draymond walked over to the left as the shadows covered him in the dark, causing him to vanish completely.
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Lina looked back as she heard the sound of a huge explosion go off in the distance. Right now she was out of the city walls, one by one she saw the vaccuo brotherhood get caught by the Templars, and they were outnumbered, outsmarted, the Templars posed as regular man and women of the night and followed every assassin into a secluded area, and kill them.
The wind picked up as the sun started to rise, even after what had happened to her, Lina felt a sense of hope, as the sun slowly rose its head. She saw it as a sign, of a new fire, or new beginning and end of something shattered. Lina hung her head low as the desert wind picked up with a cool morning breeze.
Vale, Hotel
Maple woke up with a start as she jumped up from her sleep, looking around the room, her eyes immediately fell upon the empty bed of her female teammate, Carline. Maple got up and stretched as she walked over to turn on the lap when suddenly a folded paper dropped down from her hair.
What's this?
Hey! Sorry for not telling you this but I'm going for a walk. I got restless, what can I say? :)
Maple chuckled a little bit as she saw the sun's head peak of from behind the mountain. Stretching one more time Maple got up and started to get dress, They had to go and report to Ozpin about what they saw, even though they agreed on checking it out one more time, but it's too dangerous with just two people. Letting out a sigh, Maple shook her head one time before she smiled at the sun.
Vale, unknown location
Shaun jumped from tree branch to branch, as he made his way through the forest, he made little to no noise as he landed on the next tree, scanning the now open field that was in front of him. The area was spacious enough for someone to set up camp, and he has Azure following the group of Templars now, by the rate they are going at, Shaun deduce that they will more than likely rest here. Sitting on a branch, he heard the sound of Footsteps and voices coming from the wood, along with that Azure let out a yell and flew downwards on Shaun's shoulder.
"Yeah, I'll be back, I have to pee, and sadly there no bathroom in the woods." A female voice said as she came from the wagon and her chuckle was heard. To Shaun, she looked too young to be his target, so he opened his scroll and checked the file he was given. Shaun observed the file twice and got a little mad at it.
Why would my dad need someone so young to be killed?
Shaun's thoughts were interrupted as he saw the young girl enter the open field, the dawn sun rising enough as so that the area was bright and the grass shinned with the dew as the sun lit them up. And the girl, Shaun's target, Spun around in the field with a massive smile on her face. Laughing and frolicking in the grass while laughed and giggled playfully jumping around until she grew tired and laid down in the grass to look up at the sun. Letting out a happy sigh, she got up and headed over to the more private area. Shaun silently moved through the trees and followed her in the woods until she came to a stop. The young girl looked around a little bit before she took her hand and set it on the tree, with her head bowed, she appeared to be saying a prayer before she squatted to pee.
Shaun activated his hidden blade and leaped down as the young girl stood up, landing on top of her, he raised his left hand as he looked into the terrified eyes of the girl. Though scared, she let out a sigh and closed her eyes with a smile on her face. Hesitating, his arm still up ready for the last strike to end her life but he couldn't. For the first time, he questioned whether or not this was the right thing to do; he was asking the creed.
"Why do you hesitate Assassin?" the girl asked as she opened her eyes and looked up at the hooded man. She was at least Shaun's age if not a year older.
"I... I don't understand, why am I?" Shaun got up form the young girl and deactivated his hidden blade and leaned on the tree as he looked down. Without a second notice, Shaun had remembered his first assassination and what Manolog said to him, 'too much faith' was the last words he spoke to the previous words spoke to the young assassin.
"You are the same assassin that killed manolog, am I correct?" the young girl said as she got up and turned towards Shaun.
"How did you?"
"Because he was my father, and you killed him for no reason."
"No reason?! He killed an entire village!"
"A village that sacrifices people!"
Shaun visible jumped a little form the statement.
"Hm, the assassin's didn't give you the full story, huh?" the girls' voice became more confident. "I'm guessing that they also didn't tell you what I'm doing? You've heard of what had happened in Vaccuo? I'm bringing supplies over there to help all the people that need help, all those who suffered thanks to what you assassins did!"
"Did they tell you the village killed all their children to please a Grimm? Did they tell you, my father killed the Grimm, but the village turned on him because of that?"
Shaun said nothing but held his head down before he looked up slowly.
"I'm Sorry-"
"Sorry isn't going to bring him back! You've killed my father because of some damn creed or because someone told you too! Know it's up to you to take what I told you and stop trusting that damned creed of yours so much because without you knowing it, the people in charge could easily bend the rules to their liking. And just as easily tell you lies to fit their needs." The girl said as she fixed herself and turned to walk away.
Shaun said nothing after that but was left in his own thoughts completely questioning his loyalty to the brotherhood, and how much they had lied too him. He got up from the tree and walked into the open field and looked up into the sky and took off his hood as he heard the wagon take off again.
Did I kill... an innocent man? My father... lied to me?
Is that what he meant by I'm too trusting?
Is the creed the same as the stories had told it so long ago?
"Hakeem!" A familiar voice came from behind him, one that he recognized as Carline. Turning around he looked down to see his teammate walk up to him, Tears streaming down his face he ran up and hugged her, taking her by shock to see her usually cool calm collected teammate show raw emotions like this.
"Hakeem?"
"I'm sorry, I'm so so sorry!" Carline said nothing but hugged him back, as Shaun wept in her arms, she hesitantly pulled away and caressed his left shoulder.
"I..I'm sorry too," Carline said as she activated her left hand and stabbed the unexpected assassin in the chest, causing him to immediately push her away causing her to fall down on her back. She looked on at her teammate as he places a hand on his chest and fell to his knees. No blood came out but yet the effect was still the same. "I'm so so sorry," Carline said as tears form from her eyes as she watched her teammate faint into unconsciousness.
"It was a smart move to send her out first wasn't it Zack?" Mayline said as she and Zack both walked out of the woods.
"Yes, it feels good to seemy childhood friend once again," Zack said as they both stopped in front of the two teammates.
"Load the assassin up, we got what we came for," Mayline said.
"As for you Carline, head back to your team, we don't want you to be suspected."
"What are you going to do with him?" Carline asked looking up.
"We aren't the ones to fear in this war... It's the third side we fear if anything."
"Third side?"
"Don't worry now go!" Mayline said as Zack picked up Shaun
"Damn, he's heavy!" Zack joked as he slung him over his shoulders.
Vale.
Maple, Carline, and Solitaire all walked throughout the streets of Vale searching for the hideout of rouge.
"Argg where is Hakeem? I've called him like seven times already and he has yet to answer them!"
"Maybe he's-" Solitare started only for there to be an explosion to go off.
"What was that?!" Carline asked as they looked towards the sound.
"Nothing good, let's move!" Maple ordered and they rushed over towards the sound of the explosion. Rushing over Maple ordered her team to go through the ally way to the explosion as she moved to a more directed approach in the direction. As the rest of team MCHS moved towards the sound of destruction team RWBY were faced with the fight of themselves and the city.
Ruby Cocked her weapon and slashed to the to her right chopping off of the head of a beowolf without even now that another beowolf was behind her launching upwards jumping at the young girl only for it to have a spear flew right through its head killing it instantly. Ruby looked back in time to see it happened and looked over towards where the spear came from. Solitaire rushed forward and drop kicked another beowolf in the chest, rolling back to his feet he sweeps the leg of the beowolf causing it to fall, activating his hidden blade he jumped up and stab down into the skull of the beowolf. Maple threw her sword into one creep as she ran into the fray, jumping over it she sliced it in half as she landed to counter a beowolf with her sword, for Carline to stab into it with her chained swords. With the arrival of the three members of the MCHS team, RWBY relaxed a little as more backup arrived with the arrival of most teams including JNPR, and CFVY, and along with them came the Atlas knights, who help control the area.
"Oh no! You've caught me!" Roman Torchwick, a renowned criminal in Vale, said in a sarcastic voice as Mercury and Emerald had held him at his back pushing him in the bullhead. In the distance Maple looked at the two squinting her eyes giving Solitaire a nod as she walked over to Ironwood to report their mission.
"General Ironwood, I have news of our mission."
"I already know, the White Fang is responsible for it, your teammate Hakeem had reported to us earlier... But contact with him has ceased despite our efforts, do you know what happened to him?" Ironwood asked.
"No, I was actually hoping that you could tell me what had happened to him, he hasn't answered any of our calls."
"So he went dark?"
"No! He would at least check in with us!"
"We'll do everything in our power to find your missing comrade," Ironwood said as he walked into the bullhead Roman was one to speak with their new prisoner.
Unknown area
"Good your up, are you ready to began assassin?"
"What?" Shaun asked as he woke up to a blinding light in his face.
"We are sorry for the sudden kidnapping, but we need your help assassin."
The blinding light suddenly dimmed down enough for Shaun to get a good look around, and the sight he saw in front of him was astonishing. He was in the lair of the Templars.